‘There are records of the torture – no one can believe it, but it happened, it is very serious.’
The News Lens
Date: 2016/07/11
By: Edward White
The organization and the lawyers it works with have reviewed all of the judgments in which the
Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), executive director the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), believes that at least three people who are currently on death row in Taiwan are innocent.
death penalty has been handed down over the past 15 years. In addition to the three cases identified so far, Lin says there is reason to believe there have been many more miscarriages of justice.
In an interview with The News Lens International at TAEDP’s Taipei office, Lin discusses the difficulties activists and lawyers have in gaining access to case records, why pressure from local activists and international diplomats has failed to change government policy, and details TAEDP’s new strategy for influencing the government.
The News Lens International (TNLI): To start with, how many people in Taiwan currently face the death penalty?
Lin Hsin-yi: Right now there are 41 death row inmates, where the death sentence was confirmed. If the Minister of Justice signs the execution order, they can be executed at any time. [FULL INTERVIEW]
